Frances P. Dunaway

January 12, 2003

NEWPORT NEWS - Frances Price Dunaway, 87, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 9, 2003. She was a strong Christian woman and much loved by her family and friends.

She was a native of Newport News and a lifelong Peninsula resident. She was a graduate of Newport News High School and studied music at Averett College. She served as an accompanist at the Allesandro Angeluci School of Music, was a piano and organ teacher for 30 years, played the organ at several area churches until her retirement, and was a member of New Covenant Church of Hampton.

Preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Samuel Mayhu Dunaway, Frances is survived by three sons, Samuel M. Dunaway, Jr., of Amelia, James I. Dunaway of Seaford, and David W. Dunaway of Midlothian; one daughter, Sarah Thomas of Hampton; seven grandchildren, Eitel Gaunt, Eric Dunaway, John Dunaway, Chris Dunaway, Lars Dunaway, Todd Pullyard, and Boyd Pullyard; and three great grandchildren.

A Memorial Service of Worship will be conducted by Bob Moberg at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at New Covenant Church of Hampton. The family will receive friends at church following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Christian Ministries.